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Aviation History
1956
1956 - 1640.PDF
802 FLIGHT, 16 Nov. For a year now Silver City's Bristol Freighters have been using the Decco Navigator. In this unusually good cockpit picture recently over the English Channel—can be seen the Flight Log display, used in conjunction with the Mk 9 receiver. -taken CIVIL AVIATION . . . AER LINGUS HALF-YEARA SURPLUS of £344,000 was achieved by Eire's airline in thefirst half of 1956—an increase of £31,000 over the same period last year. Passenger traffic increased by 18 per cent and eight percent more revenue hours (17,370) were flown. The introduction in March of import-restricting levies—Mr. J. F. Dempsey, theAerLingus general manager,told his staff in Dublin on November8 —was responsible for a 159-ton reduction in the cargo carried.Mail was also down by 42 tons. The levies tended, he said, to reduce the volume of the type of goods handled by the airline.The increase in revenue hours and improved scheduling were claimed by Mr. Dempsey to have contributed to the passengerload-factor of 76 per cent, the highest for many years; but increased expenses—noticeably for maintenance, landing and handling fees,agents' commissions and advertising—had increased the cost per ton-mile by twopence, to three shillings. An increase in excursionfares of between two and three per cent and in ordinary fares of between three and four per cent has been made. Preparations are well advanced for the opening of new routes toBrussels, Frankfurt, Zurich and Rome as well as an extension from Manchester to Dusseldorf. Most of these routes should beestablished next year. CAMBRIAN SAMARITAN O YMPATHY for the plight of Hungary evoked last week a most" generous gesture from the independent operator Cambrian Airways. The company's shareholders voted that one of the twoDakotas of the 14-aircraft fleet should be placed at the disposal of the British Red Cross Society to carry urgent medical suppliesfrom Cardiff to Hungary and to fly Hungarian refugees back to England. The cost of these operations would be borne by Cambrian.At the time of this offer the aircraft was undergoing a routine engine change, but the maintenance engineers at Rhoose workedthroughout the night—and volunteered to forgo their pay—in order to have the Dakota ready for take-off by 9 a.m. the followingday. In this they succeeded, but Red Cross difficulties in Vienna prevented the aircraft leaving on November 9 as intended; Cam-brian say that their offer remains open and that the Dakota will be available if required. BREVITIES IT is reported in the Italian journal Settimana Alata thatHindustan Aircraft, Ltd., is considering an agreement for the production of the Fokker Friendship in India.* * * East African Airways, an associate of B.O.A.C., has announceda new service between East and Central African territories to be known as the "Federaliner."* * * Mr. A. E. Raymond, vice-president (engineering) of theDouglas Aircraft Company, has forecast that the jet airliners now in production will lift civil aviation on to a 600 m.p.h. "speedplateau" which should remain constant for at least ten years. * * * B.O.A.C.'s contract for the purchase of 15 Boeing 707s was formally signed in London on November 8 by Mr. Basil Smallpeice for the Corporation and by Mr. Lowell Mickelwait for the Boeing Airplane Company. * * * Heron LN-SUR of Braathens S.A.F.E., previously reported overdue on a flight from Trondheim to Oslo, was located in the mountains east of Tolga in eastern Norway on November 8. It is reported that ten of the 12 people on board had survived. * * * S.N.C.A.S.E. say that talks with seven countries interested inthe Caravelle are going well and that the first export contracts are expected within the next six months. The Caravelle's exportprice is now $1,800,000 (£640,000). * * * Substantial orders for Marconi type S232 crystal-controlled all-weather surveillance radar have been placed for Melsbroek airport in Be'gium, Jan Smuts Airport, South Africa, and the airports ofLondon, Gatwick and Elmdon. The R.A.E. at Farnborough and Bedford and the A. and A.E.E. at Boscombe Down will also besimilarly supplied. .- .. .- ^ - -... B.O.A.C. and Qantas are by-passing Djakarta as a result of the withdrawal of facilities by Indonesian workers. * * * Captain T. J. Gunn, D.F.C., A.F.C., Croix de Guerre, has been appointed chief pilot of Morton and Olley Air Services, Ltd. * * * C.A.B. expects to be able to reduce the subsidies paid to U.S.airlines next year by eight per cent. The present subsidy is £17,200,000. * * * First of Swissair's four DC-7Cs was delivered to Zurich on November 12. The 4,160 miles from New York were flown at an average speed of 372 m.p.h. * * * The B.E.A. experimental helicopter service between Birming-ham, Leicester and Nottingham has been cancelled. Although the service has not been popular the primary reason for its demisewas stated to be the petrol shortage. * * * I.A.T.A. announce that scheduled airlines flying betweenEurope and South America will seek government approval for the inauguration of new low-fare tourist services over the SouthAtlantic on March 1 next year. * * * Flight of October 19 recorded the aid that Pan Am will give tothe Afghan Aryana airline. On November 1 Aeroflot also signed an agreement with the Afghans for commercial co-operation andreciprocal services. * * * Seven more Convair 440 Metropolitans have been ordered; fourby REAL S.A. Transports Aereos of Brazil and one each by Ansett Airways of Australia, the Khrumaki Airways of Finlandand the Italian Air Force. Orders now total 125.
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